Реферат: Miss Emily

insisted they see him and leave her alone. Emily s

dependency on Colonel Sartoris caused her to believe he was

still alive, showing again how she is not able to let go of

the male figures in her life.

The most disturbing evidence of Miss Emily s male

problems is her interaction with Homer Barron. Homer was a

foreman who was in town helping with the construction of

sidewalks. Emily became infatuated with Homer and would have

probably married him. Unfortunately for her though, it was

rumored that he was gay. When it came time for Homer to

leave, Miss Emily could not deal with that as she had become

dependent on him. In order to keep him for herself she

poisoned him. This shows how extreme her dependency on her

lifes male figures was.

Miss Emily was a deeply troubled woman who had to have

everything her way. She was too dependent to live on her own

without the presence of a male authority figure. Her

father s death brought denial, as did Colonel Sartoris

death. When Homer came around Emily couldn t afford another

man to leave her and she did what she thought she had to do.

With Emily s dependency on her father she was caused to

depend on each man she came in contact with, keeping each

close to her anyway she could.